Table 2 Responses to the survey: General knowledge about Zika virus
From: Knowledge and perceptions about Zika virus in a Middle East country
Question | Answer | All | Female | Male | Student | Staff | Faculty | Online survey |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N (% col) | N (% col) | N (% col) | N (% col) | N (% col) | N (% col) | N (% col) | ||
All participants | 446 (100) | 280 (100) | 161 (100) | 191 (100) | 162 (100) | 42 (100) | 50 (100) | |
How did you hear about Zika virus? | I have not heard about Zika virus | 68 (15.2) | 48 (17.1) | 18 (11.2) | 44 (23.0) | 15 (9.3) | 4 (9.5) | 4 (8.0) |
Friends or family | 75 (16.8) | 46 (16.4) | 27 (16.8) | 38 (19.9) | 25 (15.4) | 5 (11.9) | 7 (14.0) | |
Doctor’s office | 8 (1.8) | 4 (1.4) | 4 (2.5) | 5 (2.6) | 1 (0.6) | 1 (2.4) | 1 (2.0) | |
Radio | 48 (10.8) | 27 (9.6) | 21 (13.0) | 14 (7.3) | 18 (11.1) | 8 (19.0) | 8 (16.0) | |
TV | 191 (42.8) | 110 (39.3) | 81 (50.3) | 66 (34.6) | 83 (51.2) | 23 (54.8) | 19 (38.0) | |
Internet | 271 (60.8) | 161 (57.5) | 108 (67.1) | 105 (55.0) | 105 (64.8) | 24 (57.1) | 37 (74.0) | |
Social media | 195 (43.7) | 115 (41.1) | 78 (48.4) | 83 (43.5) | 76 (46.9) | 15 (35.7) | 21 (42.0) | |
Another source | 23 (5.2) | 15 (5.4) | 8 (5.0) | 8 (4.2) | 7 (4.3) | 2 (4.8) | 6 (12.0) | |
I cannot remember the source | 6 (1.3) | 4 (1.4) | 2 (1.2) | 2 (1.0) | 2 (1.2) | 2 (4.8) | 0 (0.0) | |
Is there a vaccine to prevent Zika? | Yes | 97 (21.7) | 68 (24.3) | 26 (16.1) | 49 (25.7) | 30 (18.5) | 7 (16.7) | 11 (22.0) |
No [√] | 306 (68.6) | 182 (65.0) | 122 (75.8) | 123 (64.4) | 117 (72.2) | 31 (73.8) | 34 (68.0) | |
Missing | 43 (9.6) | 30 (10.7) | 13 (8.1) | 19 (9.9) | 15 (9.3) | 4 (9.5) | 5 (10.0) | |
How is Zika spread? | Eating contaminated food | 21 (4.7) | 16 (5.7) | 4 (2.5) | 15 (7.9) | 6 (3.7) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) |
Drinking polluted water | 31 (7.0) | 20 (7.1) | 10 (6.2) | 20 (10.5) | 7 (4.3) | 2 (4.8) | 2 (4.0) | |
Through sexual intercourse [√] | 126 (28.3) | 72 (25.7) | 53 (32.9) | 47 (24.6) | 48 (29.6) | 17 (40.5) | 14 (28.0) | |
Through coughing and sneezing | 52 (11.7) | 34 (12.1) | 17 (10.6) | 32 (16.8) | 15 (9.3) | 1 (2.4) | 4 (8.0) | |
Through breastfeeding | 37 (8.3) | 25 (8.9) | 12 (7.5) | 18 (9.4) | 11 (6.8) | 4 (9.5) | 4 (8.0) | |
From a blood transfusion [√] | 103 (23.1) | 64 (22.9) | 39 (24.2) | 40 (20.9) | 43 (26.5) | 12 (28.6) | 8 (16.0) | |
Mother to child during pregnancy [√] | 192 (43.0) | 127 (45.4) | 64 (39.8) | 75 (39.3) | 84 (51.9) | 19 (45.2) | 14 (28.0) | |
Bite from an infected mosquito [√] | 327 (73.3) | 201 (71.8) | 123 (76.4) | 124 (64.9) | 124 (76.5) | 34 (81.0) | 45 (98.0) | |
Other | 4 (0.9) | 2 (0.7) | 1 (0.6) | 1 (0.5) | 3 (1.9) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | |
Who can get Zika? | Adult men [√] | 253 (56.7) | 141 (50.4) | 110 (68.3) | 92 (48.2) | 103 (63.6) | 28 (66.7) | 30 (60.0) |
Adult women [√] | 269 (60.3) | 152 (54.3) | 115 (71.4) | 101 (52.9) | 110 (67.9) | 28 (66.7) | 30 (60.0) | |
Pregnant women [√] | 366 (82.1) | 226 (80.7) | 137 (85.1) | 141 (73.8) | 146 (90.1) | 36 (85.7) | 43 (86.0) | |
Children [√] | 304 (68.2) | 182 (65.0) | 118 (73.3) | 122 (63.9) | 117 (72.2) | 31 (73.8) | 33 (66.0) | |
If a pregnant woman has Zika, there are risks for her baby/fetus | Agree [√] | 345 (77.4) | 214 (76.4) | 127 (78.9) | 135 (70.7) | 136 (84.0) | 37 (88.1) | 36 (72.0) |
Disagree | 3 (0.7) | 1 (0.4) | 2 (1.2) | 1 (0.5) | 2 (1.2) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | |
Not sure | 98 (22.0) | 65 (23.2) | 32 (19.9) | 55 (28.8) | 24 (14.8) | 5 (11.9) | 14 (28.0) | |
General knowledge about Zikaa | POOR | 295 (66.1) | 199 (71.1) | 91 (56.5) | 143 (74.9) | 99 (61.1) | 23 (54.8) | 29 (58.0) |
BASIC | 122 (27.4) | 62 (22.1) | 60 (37.3) | 41 (21.5) | 48 (29.6) | 15 (35.7) | 18 (36.0) | |
BROAD | 29 (6.5) | 19 (6.8) | 10 (6.2) | 7 (3.7) | 15 (9.3) | 4 (9.5) | 3 (6.0) |